Authentic Mode: A Mode (2) in which the range normally extends from a step below the final to an octave above it. (A2) Plagal Modes: A Mode (2) in which a the range normally extends from a fourth (or fifth below) the final to a fifth or sixth above it. (A14) Final: The main note of a mode; The normal closing note of a Chant in that mode. (A7) Tenor: 1) In Mode or Chant the reciting tone. 2) On Polyphony of the 12th and 13th centuries, the voice that has the chant or borrowed melody. often in long held notes. (A19)
The corresponding plagal mode's basic range is always a 4th below the starting tone (final) of the corresponding authentic mode. Conductus: A serious medieval song, monophonic or polyphonic, setting a rhymed, rhythmic Latin poem. (A5) Not covered for class Clausula: In Noter-Dame polyphony a self contained section of an Organum that closes with a cadence. (A5) Melisma: (Melismatic) A long melodic passage sung to a single syllable of text. (A11) Nueme: A sign used in Notation of Chant to indicate a certain number of notes and general melodic direction. (A12) Nuematic: In Chant having one to six notes sung to each syllable of text. (A12) Syllabic: Having (or tending to have) one note sung to each syllable of text. (A19) Voice Exchange: In Polyphony, technique in which voices trade segments of music, so that the same combination of lines is heard twice or more, but with different voices singing each line. (A21) Trope: An addition to an existing chant consisting of (1) Words and Melody, (2) a Melisma: or (3) words only set to an existing melisma or other melody.(A20)
Up to and including Notre-Dame Organum
Authentic Mode: A Mode (2) in which the range normally extends from a step below the final to an octave above it. (A2)
Plagal Modes: A Mode (2) in which a the range normally extends from a fourth (or fifth below) the final to a fifth or sixth above it. (A14)
Final: The main note of a mode; The normal closing note of a Chant in that mode. (A7)
Tenor: 1) In Mode or Chant the reciting tone. 2) On Polyphony of the 12th and 13th centuries, the voice that has the chant or borrowed melody. often in long held notes. (A19)
The corresponding plagal mode's basic range is always a 4th below the starting tone (final) of the corresponding authentic mode.
Conductus: A serious medieval song, monophonic or polyphonic, setting a rhymed, rhythmic Latin poem. (A5) Not covered for class
Clausula: In Noter-Dame polyphony a self contained section of an Organum that closes with a cadence. (A5)
Melisma: (Melismatic) A long melodic passage sung to a single syllable of text. (A11)
Nueme: A sign used in Notation of Chant to indicate a certain number of notes and general melodic direction. (A12)
Nuematic: In Chant having one to six notes sung to each syllable of text. (A12)
Syllabic: Having (or tending to have) one note sung to each syllable of text. (A19)
Voice Exchange: In Polyphony, technique in which voices trade segments of music, so that the same combination of lines is heard twice or more, but with different voices singing each line. (A21)
Trope: An addition to an existing chant consisting of (1) Words and Melody, (2) a Melisma: or (3) words only set to an existing melisma or other melody.(A20)
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